You will never be able to experience everything, buy everything and please everyone. Time is the only true currency. It's non-refundable, finite and precious. Be there for your loved ones, so they will choose to be there when you need them.

Oh mommas. Smell your babies.
They get older. It goes fast. The days are long but the years are short. Value the time while you have it. Etc etc etc.
All that advice that people with older children tell you. All those things you hate hearing because you are in the thick of it.
It’s okay to wish the time away if that’s what you need to get through the day. It’s okay to resent the fact that the days are just SO long, even if the years are so short. It’s okay to survive with bags under your eyes and greasy hair and the belief that “omg this is going to be like this forever”. It’s okay to shoot all those people what that advice death glares while wondering why the hell they aren’t even offering to help when your are clearly struggling.
It’s okay to be exactly where you are. Don’t feel guilty for it. These babies are yours forever.
But stop for a second and smell them. Because when they finally get older, even if it feels like it will never come, they will never smell like this again.
So even if every day feels like it’s taken a week to pass. If this stage is hard and you can’t wait for it to change. If you don’t feel like you’re giving it the time you should. Just stop for a moment and promise me, momma, that you’ll stop. That you’ll stop for just a moment and smell them. And try to remember that part the most.
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